Summary:
Zip code 74126 has three schools: McLain High School For Science And Technical serves grades 9–12, Tulsa Legacy Elementary School serves PK–8, and John Hope Franklin Elementary School serves PK–5; there is no separate middle school. The broadest concern is that all three schools’ reported 2025–26 proficiency results are below state benchmarks: their equal-school averages are 7% in ELA versus 26% statewide, 6% in math versus 25%, and 8% in science versus 30%—gaps of 19, 19, and 22 points.
Tulsa Legacy stands out among the elementary schools, leading John Hope Franklin in every shared-grade ELA comparison by 6 to 15 points, and in two of three math grades by 3 and 9 points; the schools tie in fourth-grade math. Legacy also leads by 11 points in fifth-grade science. Both schools are below state results in every shared-grade comparison. McLain is the only high school, so it has no same-grade peer in this group; its 2025–26 results are 8% in ELA, 2% in math, 1% in science, and 19% in U.S. History. Its highest subject result is still 22 points below the state. McLain also has the highest chronic absenteeism: 66%, compared with 40% at Franklin, 35% at Legacy, and 16% statewide.
Recent score changes are mixed, with science improving at both elementary schools but falling at McLain: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, science rose 5 points at Legacy and 8 at Franklin, while McLain fell 7; McLain’s U.S. History score rose 6 points. School context differs too: student-teacher ratios in 2024–25 were 14.6 at Legacy, 23.8 at Franklin, and 17.8 at McLain. All three reported the same low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, for 2024–25: 88% at Legacy, 93% at Franklin, and 87% at McLain. These are useful points of comparison, but they do not explain why school results differ.
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